KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — A Malay Mail photograph of Datuk Farid Kamil smirking outside a Petaling Jaya court has triggered an online debate over a silhouette resembling a face formed on his throat.

The outline caused by shadows around the Adam’s apple of the actor, who was remanded today over an alleged assault on a policeman and one other, led some to see the skull-like visage of Voldemort, the dark wizard antagonist from movie adaptations of the popular Harry Potter novels.

Others saw the face of Arsene Wenger, the long-serving manager of English Premier League club Arsenal.

“Why is there a skull at his neck? Is Farid Kamil a ‘Death Eater’ as well?” Twitter user @whateverfiq askeded in Malay, in reply to a tweet of the article. His message has been retweet dozens of times since.

In JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series, “Death Eaters” are a group of evil wizards and witches led by Voldemort.

“He is Quirinus Quirrell,” said user @RuzainRidzuan, referring to a school professor in the same series who was possessed by Voldemort, causing the latter’s face to appear on the back of his head.

“Am I the only one seeing a face on his throat?” was another popular reply by user @barteria.

“The clean image in my eyes have gone. He reminded me of someone that I hate,” said user @aienmohd.

But some jokingly suggested that Farid, who is known for his movie roles and thugs and gangsters, was merely researching a role as part of the “method acting” technique, or even promoting a future film or project.